IN BRIEF: HOW WGU BUILT A COMPETENCY-BASED SYSTEM OF EDUCATION FOR TEACHERS
According to Dean of WGU’s Teachers College Marti Garlett, the manner in which WGU built its competency-based system for teacher education began with a search for a database that could detail all of the accepted teacher standards that existed throughout the United States. However, the search was never achieved, because such a thorough database did not exist. So the next logical step was for WGU to create its own. MORE

TERC/LESLEY UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION BRING NEW LEVEL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION TO K-8 SCIENCE TEACHERS & THEIR STUDENTS
TERC is a 38-year-old non-profit education research and development organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Among TERC’s notable accomplishments in curriculum development, teacher professional development, and technology applications, the organization is a strong proponent of inquiry-based science learning. MORE

LEAGUE'S PROJECT SAIL PROGRESSIVE INITIATIVE FOR EXPANDING AVAILABILITY OF SPECIALTY DISTANCE PROGRAMS
Project Specialty Asynchronous Industry Learning (SAIL) is a League for Innovation in the Community College project that is setting out to promote access, exchange, and dissemination of specialized industry-driven programs offered at a distance MORE